Excerpt from Vie de George Washington Pris de l'Anglais, Et D�di� � la Jeunesse Am�ricaine Si�cle de Louis XIV. Above the capacity of juvenile leamers, and Gil Blas entirely unfit� to be placed in their hands. The use of Telemachus as a French class - book he does most decidedly condemn, even at the risk of being accused of literary heresy. Its very elegant and poetical language can only be appreciated by mature minds, and good French scholars. It requires in the reader a greater know ledge of mythology than ...
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Excerpt from Vie de George Washington Pris de l'Anglais, Et D�di� � la Jeunesse Am�ricaine Si�cle de Louis XIV. Above the capacity of juvenile leamers, and Gil Blas entirely unfit� to be placed in their hands. The use of Telemachus as a French class - book he does most decidedly condemn, even at the risk of being accused of literary heresy. Its very elegant and poetical language can only be appreciated by mature minds, and good French scholars. It requires in the reader a greater know ledge of mythology than can be expected from chil dren: its subject is not calculated to interest or improve them, unless, indeed, it be seriously in tended to teach the youth of this mighty republic how a king should govem his subjects. The work, besides, is extensive; and it must be' obvious to all. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at ... This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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